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Al Di Meola, considered one of the greatest guitarists of all time, will be the big star of the night tomorrow, Friday November 14th in Cartagena Jazz Festival.
Coming to Cartagena to present one of their latest projects: a tribute to The Beatles album.
The evening will open singer-songwriter Jo winning best blues album last year in England Harman.
The program will be held in the Auditorium El Batel and will begin at 21:30.
Tickets cost 18 euros.
The singer-songwriter Jo Harman has not needed much time to conquer the UK with its exciting mix of soul, funk, blues and gospel, captured in his latest album "Dirty On My Tongue," published in 2013 and qualified for the main media in his country, best blues album of the year in England, and the height of the "Back to Black" by Amy Winehouse or "Come Away With Me" by Norah Jones.
On August 24th, Jo Harman was awarded "Best Female Vocalist of the Year" at the prestigious British Blues Awards 2014
Jo Harman was born in London.
At an early age he began his musical training studying classical piano, and a few years later bassoon.
At home listening to the records of their parents, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald.
Janis Joplin and a lot of artists over the 60s and 70s, mostly R & B and soul.
By his late teens he had become a classically trained musician.
He played in youth orchestras.
He later trained in singing and joined a band that played classic black music.
After the shooting, in 2010 Jo Harman teamed with producer Pete Smith (Grammy for his work with Bob Dylan, Sting and Joe Cocker) and Boe Larsen, owner of Mill Factory recording studio in Denmark.
These producers Jo Harman wanted to make a big star in no time with a major international release, though she was not comfortable and after several concerts highly acclaimed by critics, he stopped the project.
So in 2011 and complete independence was organized to maintain a stable and afford band recording their first live album titled "Live At Hideaway".
The album had a great impact in the media and soon began to be engaged in the most prestigious venues in the UK.
In early 2013 he published his second album "Dirt On My Tongue" and when rang at major stations in the country, sales soared, selling 10,000 copies in the first few weeks.
The label V2 Records (Adele, Mumford and Sons and Queens of the Stone Age), signed her to distribute the album in the Netherlands.
The album held the top charts in the UK and the Netherlands and important media like Daily Mirror, Mail on Sunday, Time Out, Blues Magazine, Country Music Magazine, Classic Rock, Tone Monkey, Jazz FM and BBC Radio agreed to describe it as "one of the best blues albums of 2013 in England. The last May published his third album," Live At The Royal Albert Hall ", recorded live by BBC Radio London during the performance which featured Last year in this place. In late August Jo Harman was awarded "Best Female Singer at the prestigious" British Blues Awards ".
His status as a guitar hero is indisputable.
Al Di Meola (USA, 1974) is a master of the strings recognized by the public and labeled as "one of the largest" by numerous music critics.
Attracted by the country music and passionate style of Doc Watson picking, it could become a rival Chet Atkins had not heard Larry Coryell when he was sixteen.
Fascinated by this guitarist, followed by performances in New York clubs he used to play, earning their friendship and to benefit from their advice.
He entered the Berklee College of Music in Boston: he left the classroom to play Barry Miles's quintet and then resumed studies, focusing especially on the arrangements.
His reputation reached the ears of Chick Corea, who in 1974 called him to replace Bill Connors in Korea orchestra directed by Stanley Clarke, Return to Forever.
It was a glorious debut.
Since 1976 the tours happen to albums, and Di Meola rubs shoulders with the stars of the jazz-rock (Jan Hammer, Steve Gadd, Jaco Pastorius, Mingo Lewis) and guitar superstars: Les Paul with veteran but also with Paco de Lucia and John McLaughlin, with those who form the early 80s, a trio recognized worldwide.
He has collaborated with Phil Collins, Carlos Santana, Steve Winwood, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams, Herbie Hancock, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Milton Naciemento, Egberto Gismonti, Stevie Wonder, Les Paul, Jimmy Page, Steve Vai ...
Considered to be "faster than his shadow guitarist" decided that he had nothing to prove on that field sobriety and vowed: his music becomes less cerebral, more elaborate, and appeals to the electronic instrumentation.
His bold harmonic and rhythmic searches, profuse density, brilliant inspiration and exotic sensuality of his speech give his art a very unique brand.
Coming to Cartagena to present one of their latest projects: a tribute to The Beatles album.
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